African-American Heritage Attractions
With more than 50 cultural heritage sites, North Carolina’s capital city area is rich in African-American heritage with landmarks and markers in art, business, education, medicine, politics, religion and more.
African American Cultural Center
355 Witherspoon Student Center
Box 7318
Raleigh, NC 27695-7318
Phone: (919) 515-5210
African American Cultural Complex
119 Sunnybrook Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: (919) 250-9336
Anna J. Cooper Highway Historical Marker
Edenton St. at East St.
Raleigh, NC N/A
Phone: N/A
Berry O’Kelly Training School Highway Historical Marker
514 Method Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 834-5900
Black Main Street
E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: N/A
Calvin E. Lightner
312 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Lightner Funeral Home
Raleigh, NC NA
Phone: NA
Charles N. Hunter Highway Historical Marker
New Bern Ave.
Raleigh, NC NA
Phone: NA
Chavis Park
505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919.831.6968
City Cemetery
500 E. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 831-6548
College Park and Idlewild Neighborhoods
Surrounding Tarboro St.
Raleigh, NC NA
Phone: NA